Bign Brother is alive and well in the UK

[Seshmeister]

...or in Gar's case, the library

Data mining is the fastest growing thing, as far as tracking your daily habits.

Ever notice on Yahoo that the ads are specific to whatever part of the country you are from. If you have a Yahoo email account and are signed in it'll give you adverts from, in my case Colorado Springs.

They know exactly what you do daily and anyone wanting to track you, would be child's play.

The big question is.....do you think you're so special that the government would waste the time looking into your life? It's not the government I'm worried about it's the advertising companies that buy and sell your information. It's fucking annoying.

Yeah there are a lot of battles about that at the moment. It may be you end up having to choose a more expensive ISP to avoid being snooped by advertisers.

I don't use store loyalty cards for the same reason.

It's funny that BBB is worried about 'the government' scanning his dog when all this is going on.

[chefcraig]

basically hide from electronics tho i still do not own a cell phone.

You'll need to stay away from money as well, at least according to the foil-hat brigade. Those plastic strips embedded in bills are not anti-counterfeiting measures, they are really a tracking device. This way, the government can tell how much money you have on you when you walk through a scanner of some sort. So in response, people started microwaving their money.

I'm not kidding. Here's the story, from SNOPES. It's amazing the crap some people come up with.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

I spent most of my teenage years saying 'Sorry I didn't realise the time' and 'There were no payphones there'.

i still get to use those excuses

[Seshmeister]

It's actually government we need to protect us from this shit not government that is problem.

Say you are a woman who goes for a management position and they hire a company to get your loyalty card details which show you are buying folic acid. They could infer you are thinking about getting pregnant soon and not employ you.

A bit more serious than your fucking dog's rights to a private life...

[kwame k]

Yeah there are a lot of battles about that at the moment. It may be you end up having to choose a more expensive ISP to avoid being snooped by advertisers.

I don't use store loyalty cards for the same reason.

It's funny that BBB is worried about 'the government' scanning his dog when all this is going on.

There is a ton of abuse and the potential for a lot more, in regards to gathering, using and selling your information. It's funny how here in The States, people don't even bat an eye when asked for their Social Security number. People give it out or use it as their identifying number for a ton of things that really aren't necessary.

You'll see the intrusion of your daily habits by advertising companies before you'll see it from the government.

I have chipped my dogs, too.....nine iron It works great if you lose 'em and if the government wants to track where my dog shits and pisses, I'd be all for it. I hate when people don't pick up after their dogs

[jhale667]

Funny, but not surprising...

It's funny that BBB is worried about 'the government' scanning his dog when all this is going on.

Consider the source...the myopic, intellectually challenged source.

[Anonymous]

You'll need to stay away from money as well, at least according to the foil-hat brigade. Those plastic strips embedded in bills are not anti-counterfeiting measures, they are really a tracking device. This way, the government can tell how much money you have on you when you walk through a scanner of some sort. So in response, people started microwaving their money.

I'm not kidding. Here's the story, from SNOPES. It's amazing the crap some people come up with.

Cheers! :bottle:

[Nickdfresh]

What's a "Bign" government?

[Blackflag]

I think "Bign's" used to be a magazine.

Brian, why look to dogs? If you want to see big brother in the UK, just look at the DNA database.

[Seshmeister]

The UK government doesn't have my DNA but the US government has my fingerprints.

Go figure...

[PETE'S BROTHER]

you've slung no dna at a government location?























me neither

[PETE'S BROTHER]

sorry, running back to non

[Little Texan]

I think this is Bign Brother...

[Seshmeister]

that is indeed my reasoning. they are very much like a leash/tracking device for some people. the wife has one and it is convenient for emergencies, etc. no big brother complex involved.

Just make sure you never put one in a microwave.


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[Nickdfresh]

I think "Bign's" used to be a magazine.

Brian, why look to dogs? If you want to see big brother in the UK, just look at the DNA database.

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